Makpal Isabekova ( kk, Мақпал Абдыманапқызы Исабекова, ''Maqpal Abdymanapqyzy İsabekova''), (born February 21, 1984 in Panfilov,

Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы) *1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы) , linking_name = the ...

, Soviet Union (present

Zharkent Jarkent ( kz, Жаркент, ''Jarkent''), formerly known as ''Panfilov'' (russian: Панфилов, until 1991) and ''Dzharkent'' (russian: Джаркент, until 1942), is a city which serves as the administrative center of Panfilov District ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

)) is a Kazakh singer who placed sixth in the 2004 edition of ''

SuperStar KZ ''SuperStar KZ'' was a reality television show based on the popular British show Pop Idol, which aired from 2003 to 2007 on the Kazakh television station Perviy Kanal Evrasia. The talent contest determined the best young singers in Kazakhstan by ...

'', the Kazakh version of ''

Pop Idol ''Pop Idol'' is a British music competition television series created by Simon Fuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. The aim of the show was to decide the best new young pop singer (or "pop idol") in the UK based on viewer voting and par ...

'', shown by Perviy Kanal Evraziya.

Biography

Makpal is the youngest of three children in the family. From a young age she wanted to become a singer. Her father is a painter, and her mother is a psychologist. According to his mother, she always sang different songs, and at school often took her to sing at various events. But came to study in 2002 in Almaty State University named after Abai on the financial and economic department. When did started TV project the

Makpal participated in the selection and was among the final 12 contestants, but dropped out in the seventh round in January 2004. After that, she immediately began her musical career with the music producer Eric Tastambekova. In 2005 he released her debut album «Pervyy potseluy» ("First Kiss"). Also taking part in the annual music festival " New Wave 2005" Assessment administered in Jurmala (Latvia) Isabekova brought fame and outside the country. Despite the fact that the expert jury awarded her in the first three days only in ninth place, she received the Audience Award (Gold ring with a large diamond design Stephen Ritchie) was adopted homeland with great enthusiasm and won the "Altyn Adam" on festival the "Choice of the Year" in Almaty.

SuperStar KZ performances

Semi Finals:
Top 12: ''Un-Break My Heart'' by

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Top 11: ''Может, Однажды'' by Dilnaz Akhmadieva
Top 10: ''Я Зову Вчерашний Дождь'' by Alika Smekhova
Top 9: ''I Have Nothing'' by

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Top 8: ''Песенка Водовоза'' by

Isaak Dunayevsky Isaak Osipovich Dunayevsky (russian: Исаак Осипович Дунаевский ; also transliterated as Dunaevski or Dunaevskiy; 25 July 1955) was a Soviet film composer and conductor of the 1930s and 1940s, who composed music for operett ...

Top 7: ''Sunny'' by

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Top 6: ''Ещё Не Вечер'' by

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Discography

Studio albums

*''Perviy Potseluy'' (2005)

External links

Bio (In Russian)
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